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| Friday, June 12th, 2009 | | 11:03 am |
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LJ Genie: whey?
I'm making paneer today for the first time (woohoo!) and realize it's going to generate whey. What are some good recipes to use the whey in? I don't want to waste it. Thank you! :) Current Mood:  curious | | Tuesday, June 9th, 2009 | | 5:07 pm |
| | Saturday, June 6th, 2009 | | 2:15 pm |
Friends Purge Complete
Friends purge complete for now. In most cases I removed journals I find myself scrolling past on my friends page or journals where I comment in response to entries but never receive any comments or where I just feel like we never really did click, fell out of touch and moved off in different life directions, etc. In some cases it is related to information control and me feeling safe in my own journal. If you are unsure of my reasons for removing you and wish to be added back, please do contact me privately and I will be candid about my reasons for the removal and as long as I feel that your intentions towards me are honorable and kind and that you can be trusted, I will add you back. If your intentions towards me are not kind, why are you reading my journal and pretending to be my friend when you are not? Current Mood:  disappointed | | 12:39 pm |
Friends Purge Coming Up
If you don't make the cut and want to know why, I guess you'll have to ask me directly, won't you? Time for me to feel safe in my own journal again, and lets face it, there are a whole bunch of journals that I never read cluttering up my list and a whole bunch of people who either don't read what I write or read it but never comment. Time to cleanse all areas of my life. | | 7:00 am |
Early morning randomness
And the award for weirdest spam subject line for the week goes to: Emma Watson got fungiRather than the more unpleasant interpretations one could make of this, I'm going to assume this refers to the ingestion of psychedelic mushrooms and say "you go girl!" And then we have this lovely internet toy, an idea whose time has clearly come: http://www.dramabutton.com/ | | Monday, June 1st, 2009 | | 6:04 pm |
This is kind of surreal....
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary For Immediate Release June 1, 2009 LESBIAN, GAY, BISEXUAL, AND TRANSGENDER PRIDE MONTH, 2009 - - - - - - - BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Forty years ago, patrons and supporters of the Stonewall Inn in New York City resisted police harassment that had become all too common for members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) community. Out of this resistance, the LGBT rights movement in America was born. During LGBT Pride Month, we commemorate the events of June 1969 and commit to achieving equal justice under law for LGBT Americans. LGBT Americans have made, and continue to make, great and lasting contributions that continue to strengthen the fabric of American society. There are many well-respected LGBT leaders in all professional fields, including the arts and business communities. LGBT Americans also mobilized the Nation to respond to the domestic HIV/AIDS epidemic and have played a vital role in broadening this country's response to the HIV pandemic. Due in no small part to the determination and dedication of the LGBT rights movement, more LGBT Americans are living their lives openly today than ever before. I am proud to be the first President to appoint openly LGBT candidates to Senate-confirmed positions in the first 100 days of an Administration. These individuals embody the best qualities we seek in public servants, and across my Administration -- in both the White House and the Federal agencies -- openly LGBT employees are doing their jobs with distinction and professionalism. The LGBT rights movement has achieved great progress, but there is more work to be done. LGBT youth should feel safe to learn without the fear of harassment, and LGBT families and seniors should be allowed to live their lives with dignity and respect. My Administration has partnered with the LGBT community to advance a wide range of initiatives. At the international level, I have joined efforts at the United Nations to decriminalize homosexuality around the world. Here at home, I continue to support measures to bring the full spectrum of equal rights to LGBT Americans. These measures include enhancing hate crimes laws, supporting civil unions and Federal rights for LGBT couples, outlawing discrimination in the workplace, ensuring adoption rights, and ending the existing "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy in a way that strengthens our Armed Forces and our national security. We must also commit ourselves to fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic by both reducing the number of HIV infections and providing care and support services to people living with HIV/AIDS across the United States. These issues affect not only the LGBT community, but also our entire Nation. As long as the promise of equality for all remains unfulfilled, all Americans are affected. If we can work together to advance the principles upon which our Nation was founded, every American will benefit. During LGBT Pride Month, I call upon the LGBT community, the Congress, and the American people to work together to promote equal rights for all, regardless of sexual orientation or gender identity. NOW, THEREFORE, I, BARACK OBAMA, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim June 2009 as Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month. I call upon the people of the United States to turn back discrimination and prejudice everywhere it exists. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this first day of June, in the year of our Lord two thousand nine, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and thirty-third. BARACK OBAMA Current Mood:  impressed | | Sunday, May 24th, 2009 | | 1:17 am |
| | Saturday, May 9th, 2009 | | 9:23 am |
| | Friday, May 1st, 2009 | | 6:56 am |
| | Monday, April 27th, 2009 | | 11:02 pm |
Quote of the night
"before i go, shall i tell you about the letter i did not send joss whedon?" And he did. At length. About how he thought Joss was the director to do a Lone Ranger movie. He has a point. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.... I have tears in my eyes from laughing too hard, and I really think I had better hit the head if I want dry panties... OH GOD that shit was funny. And on that note... bedtime. Current Mood: amused | | 6:54 pm |
The Great Bubble Caper
Well, as I was mucking about being a bubble mad scientist kitchen witch, of course Mom came home with a six pack of bubbles from CVS. It turned out that stuff we bought this morning had been left at Boing in JP, so I hopped in the car and fetched it, we now have seven regular sized containers of bubbles, and one of those huge spill proof bubble basins with three big wands, so our bubble capabilities have increased mightily. The bubbles Mom got at CVS are MUCH better than the bubbles we had before, you can get a whole bunch off of one dip of the wand. Alas, it is hard to blow bubbles and take photos so I did not get a chance to capture the hilarity that ensued when one of the neighborhood cats came to visit and was chasing the bubbles all over the yard, leaping and pouncing and batting at them. K almost fell over she was laughing so hard. Good times. This morning was lovely, I didn't mind the delay as it gave me a chance to hang out at the Arboretum. I found the red winged blackbirds nesting place! Eeeeeeee! I got to watch them in the marsh, perching on the cattails, flying from there to the trees and back again, making their distinctive "chrrrrrrr" noise as they did. So beautiful, I'm so excited. When I saw that marsh on my last Arboretum walk, I wondered if they nested there but there were not any yet. I'm going for super easy dinner tonight, made soup with veggie stock, carrots, zucchini and pasta stars, going to make grilled cheese sammiches to go with. K will love this dinner and it's no major effort for me. I think tonight is going to be another bubble bath or bath bomb night after some yoga, then ritual/meditation time, then bed. Well, some IM fun as usual, but early bed nonetheless. Current Mood: ecstatic | | 4:59 pm |
LJ Genie: Making your own bubble solution?
Hallo... Mom drove off with K's new container of bubbles in her car. I have a kid here who has been promised Bubblepalooza today with the lovely weather. What proportion of dish detergent to water do you use for homemade bubbles? I'm about to google, but with all the parents on here I thought someone might have the answer right away. I tried just experimenting and the results were unsatisfactory. Thanks! Edited to include: OK, all the recipes I am seeing on the web require either glycerin or corn syrup, neither of which I have. Is that really necessary? You can't just make 'em from dish soap and water? Current Mood: curious | | 3:40 pm |
Mmmm, nap
Well, I guess I needed some more sleep. 2.5 hour nap, basically I slept the whole of K's nap. While there's all kinds of stuff I wanted to get done today that has now been lost to sleep, I kind of don't mind, that felt goooooood. I woke up this morning at 6AM and proceeded to lose my effing shit over the musical. May 6, the dress rehearsal, is ONE AND A HALF WEEKS AWAY. I truly do not know how we are going to pull this shit off, but that's the magic of theater, right? You can expect me to be completely insane until May 14 at this point I think, pre show madness has totally hit. Awwwwwww freakout! Le freaque, so chic. Freakout! I'm OK right now. Going to make a fruit smoothie, snack on something and work on lines and shit. Current Mood:  sleepy | | 9:27 am |
On the steps of the palace....
I am sitting by the Arboretum watching the sunlight through the trees and giggling. Yesterday I was essentially kidnapped by gypsies, I went to Eliconia for rehearsal, fell into the glorious synchronicity vortext therein and didn't leave until a friend collected me in the evening. It was a beautiful day, rehearsal kicked ass, and we were all (in pre show madness) utterly silly, breaking up into hysterical laughter all the way through, adding strange Indian accents to scenes, deciding that we need the piano accompaniest to use a Kazoo for the trumpet fanfare when Cindy's fam is headed to the ball.... PRE. SHOW. MADNESS. Has hit. Had many talks with the musical theater folks and their housemates, beautiful, deep, intense talks, and moments of silent communion with one another and the beautiful Spring Day. And there was glorious music, most of them go to Berklee, so we had some jamming going down and wow... just wow. Collected off for a lovely dinner of Himalayan Fusion, OMG, yum. And a quiet evening. And eventually the obstacle I am waiting on will lift and we will be moving again and I will be home. Giggling madly all the way. Current Mood: amused | | Wednesday, April 22nd, 2009 | | 4:02 pm |
Sacrifices we make for our kids
Simone has gotten K hooked on Elmo. It's not Barney, the big purple goddamn dinosaur, but it's pretty bad. Like, stick a fucking fork through my eardreams and roll on the floor twitching and screaming levels of bad. Putting on the earphones with a nice selection of VNV Nation and techno on my playlist now, mmkay? Fucking HELL. It does keep her nicely distracted and sedated though. Toddler valium is just needed for my sanity this week.... *howls at the moon* *Mother bear growls of wrath* *dismembers a tree* Current Mood: Amused? Appalled? | | Tuesday, April 21st, 2009 | | 12:00 am |
More thoughts on Rent
I think I want Rent to be the next musical that the Subterranean Theater group does after Into the Woods. I floated that idea on Sunday and it was well received. I think ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) kissoflife wants to play Maureen, Otter totally wants to play Roger, and I can't decide if I'd rather play Angel or Mimi, but either of those would be groovy. Mimi is the more lyrically beautiful role of the two but Angel is just such an awesome character. Mimi is in many ways who I have been for much of my life, but not who I am now, so it would be a great role for me because I understand her struggle so well, though mine has not specifically involved AIDS and heroin (THANK GOD). Angel is who I am becoming as I grow into myself and transcend my own bullshit. Mimi is a fucked up little girl who likes to party and has a huge heart and an amazing sense of adventure, but she's too vulnerable to survive the vagaries of life and her own self-destruction, as triggered by Roger, Angel's death, etc. almost does her in. Angel, on the other hand, though she dies, does so with grace and dignity. During life, Angel is the Angel to all of them, Angel just tries to bring joy to every life she touches, while also not taking anyone's shit. So, yeah... love this show, totally obsessed with it. And it's really helping me right now. Current Mood:  contemplative | | Thursday, April 16th, 2009 | | 2:06 pm |
Yoga Milestone, health and spirit
I achieved a personal yoga milestone today in class. Downward Facing Dog is the pose that is most challenging for me. When I first started doing yoga again, I could only hold it for maybe at most a minute. As we've gone, the time has increased, but still, I would always have to drop down to Child pose before the instructor called us out of it. Today is the very first time I held the pose for the entire time. It was a very good feeling. Overdid it coming off the veg diet. I had set March for an all veg month and I kept to that, with the exception of a bite of something that a friend forgot to warn me had been cooked with bacon (I figured it out immediately from the taste). Since the NY weekend was just after April began, I went ahead and had some meat there, and that was fine, I came back home and ate veg all week and my body/mind/heart seemed perfectly fine with that. And then Easter weekend came with my little brother visiting, and Mom wanting meat because her period of all veg was Lent, so there was steak, lamb, pork... last night, having eaten lamb leftovers for the third night in a row, I felt my body say "NO MORE OR I WILL REVOLT!" I listened and feel mostly OK today, but I am doing a two day juice fast cleanse (by juice, I mean smoothies with juice, fruit, flaxseeds, vegan protein powder, and cashews) to clear my system out and get it happy again. I think my original plan of having perhaps one meat night a week and eating veg the rest of the time for the most part is the way to go. My body just feels happier that way. I like the idea of having one day/night that is my lazy cat time, eat meaty goodness, catch up on my DVR shows, etc. and eat veg the rest of the time. ( Free Will Astrology ) Current Mood:  peacefulCurrent Music: Walk and Talk - the Velvet Underground | | 7:43 am |
Love and Chocolate
One of life's perfect little moments. I was sitting here reading Kahlil Gibran's words on Love: When love beckons to you, follow him, though his ways are hard and steep. And when his wings enfold you yield to him, though the sword hidden among his pinions may wound you. And when he speaks to you believe in him, though his voice may shatter your dreams as the north wind lays waste the garden. For even as love crowns you so shall he crucify you. Even as he is for your growth so is he for your pruning. Even as he ascends to your height and caresses you with the tenderest branches that quiver in the sun, so shall he descend to your roots and shake them in their clinging to the earth. Like sheaves of corn he gathers you unto himself. He threshes you to make you naked. He sifts you to free you from your husks. He grinds you to whiteness. He kneads you until you are pliant; And then he assigns you to his sacred fire, that you may become sacred bread for God's sacred feast. All these things shall love do unto you that you may know the secrets of your heart, and in that knowledge become a figment of Life's heart. But if in your fear you would seek only love's peace and love's pleasure, then it is better for you that you cover your nakedness and pass out of love's threshing floor, into the seasonless world where you shall laugh, but not all of your laughter, and weep, but not all of your tears. Love gives naught but itself and takes naught but from itself. Love possesses not nor would it be possessed; for love is sufficient unto love. When you love you should not say "God is in my heart," but rather, "I am in the heart of God." And think not that you can direct the course of love, for love, if it finds you worthy, directs your course. Love has no desire but to fulfill itself. But if you love and must needs have desires, let these be your desires: To melt and be like a running brook that sings its melody to the night. To know the pain of too much tenderness. To be wounded by your own understanding of love; And to bleed willingly and joyfully. To wake at dawn with a winged heart and give thanks for another day of loving; To rest at the noon hour and meditate love's ecstasy; To return home at eventide with gratitude; And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips. * * * Heady stuff. So, with that ringing in my heart and mind, absorbing those words and smiling at the outside antics of cats, squirrels and blue jays, I think to check the mail which I forgot to do yesterday when I got home... and I find a package of homemade chocolate treats from my much beloved ex-boyfriend, lifelong friend and chosen brother, tactisle. Thank you, Love, for all of the gifts that you bring unexpected to my doorstep. May I always serve you and those I love with perfect love and perfect trust. This is the God I serve, though I call him/her/it by many names at different times. I serve Love. Love is my true Master and always will be. I am Love's humble and devoted slave and priestess, always. Current Mood:  loved | | Wednesday, April 15th, 2009 | | 7:40 pm |
Marry, Shag or Cliff meme
Whoops! I forgot about this from dietrich until I just saw someone else on my flist doing the meme. So, here 'tis. 1) Comment to this and I will give you 3 people. Specify whether you want women, men or one set of each. 2) Post this meme with your answers. 3) Provide pictures and the names of the 3 people I gave you. 4) Label which you would marry, which you would shag, and which you would throw off a cliff. ( My answers, which actually surprised me... ) Current Mood: amused |
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